SAND AND SAND MINING Part I Source: Unknown Uses of sand This resource is sand, not sand and gravel.Early foundries removed natural sand from small pockets along river banks and local sand hills as their needs dictated. These sands were a Since

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ILLEGAL SAND MINING IN SOUTH AFRICA SAIIA POLICY BRIEFING 116 2 the current sand mining rates in rivers in the eThekwini jurisdiction, for example, exceed the natural regenerative capacity of the resource. These evaluations of sand mining’s cumulative impact on the